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Green Building – Mitigating Your Risk

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Guided Choice: Early Mediated Settlements and/or Customized Arbitrations

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Handling Responsibility for A.I. In Construction

The construction industry has an unfortunate notorious reputation of being resistant to adopting new technological changes while other industries (finance, healthcare, etc.) rapidly embrace digital transformations. While dealing with this…

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Handshake Deals Gone Wrong

The construction industry has it fair share of “handshake deals”, oral agreements relying on the integrity of the people involved. But when it comes to protecting and enforcing legal rights,…

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How Do the AIA and ConsensusDocs General Terms and Conditions Standard Contract Documents Compare? 

What are the critical differences between ConsensusDocs (200) and the American Institute of Architect’s (A201) General Terms and Conditions? The chart below highlights some of the differences between ConsensusDocs 200…

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How Form Construction Documents Can Ease The Stress On Your Next Project

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How States’ Interstate Commerce Restrictions Are Testing the Construction Industry and the Constitution

By: Sarah E. Carson,Partner, Smith Currie & Hancock LLP. Imagine you are a contractor from New York, where construction work is deemed nonessential, and your projects are being shut down. To…

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How Will Today’s Pandemic Impact Tomorrow’s Construction Contracts?

By:  Levi W. Barrett, Nathan A. Cohen, Mark A. Snyder, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. The emergence of COVID-19 has created a new set of challenges in the already complex world…

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Hunker Down and Don’t Get Burned

By: Angela A.L. Connor Associate, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. This year has been one for the record books, to say the least.  Not only has the pandemic disrupted businesses around…

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